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Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska joins the cast of "Saturday Night Live"
September 02, 2025 - 12:25 PM

Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska is packing her bags for New York: this fall, she'll join the cast of "Saturday Night Live."The Barrie, Ont., native will be one of five new cast members joining the iconic sketch comedy show in its 51st season, premiering Oct. 4.
Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73
September 02, 2025 - 11:15 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances with Wolves,” has died. He was 73.
In ‘Marc, by Sofia,’ an intimate portrait of fashion luminary and friendship
September 02, 2025 - 7:59 AM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Neither Sofia Coppola nor Marc Jacobs were convinced a documentary was a good idea. Jacobs wasn’t sure he wanted to be the subject of one and Coppola wasn’t sure she wanted the pressure of being the person behind the camera.
Kathryn Bigelow unveils nuclear thriller ‘A House of Dynamite’ at Venice Film Festival
September 02, 2025 - 6:51 AM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Kathryn Bigelow was interested in the U.S. nuclear stockpile: Who was guarding it? What would happen if a missile strike was imminent? And who would be making the decisions about what to do?
A Fonzie frenzy, a meltdown and a misprint: TIFF tales you won't believe
September 02, 2025 - 3:00 AM

TORONTO — At the Toronto International Film Festival, you never quite know what you’ll get: a tearful standing ovation, a chance encounter with a movie star in a dive bar or a bizarre screening mishap that becomes the stuff of legend.
Halsey bids big and Colman Domingo hosts Venice amfAR gala
September 01, 2025 - 5:57 AM

VENICE (AP) — Singer Halsey bid for the top lot at the amfAR Venezia fundraiser Sunday and spoke on the red carpet about how the charitable foundation's work has helped her personally.
Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife
August 31, 2025 - 1:44 PM

A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was killed by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
'Weapons' regains the top spot as the summer box office winds down
August 31, 2025 - 10:53 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Weapons” found its way back on top during the Labor Day weekend, culminating a summer box office that's likely to fall right below meeting last year's earnings.
Jude Law debuts portrayal of Vladimir Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' at Venice Film Festival
August 31, 2025 - 9:51 AM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin for Olivier Assayas’ “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which had its world premiere Sunday at the Venice Film Festival.
Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves
August 30, 2025 - 9:51 PM

For millennia humans have tried to scare wolves away from their livestock. Most of them didn’t have drones.
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Okanagan apples returning to market amid adversity
A year after the BC Tree Fruit Cooperative closed down, orchardists in the Okanagan are quietly optimistic about this year's apple harvest. It's been a bumper year for cherries , and peaches and apricots are back on track . And no

Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It's all part of the US Open's chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — There are some tennis players, such as Frances Tiafoe or Madison Keys or Ben Shelton, who can't wait for the U.S. Open to come around each year, with its boisterous crowds, its bold-faced names in the stands, its music a

BC tenant's sleuthing gets her $17,000 after Airbnb eviction
A BC family who evicted their tenant and then rented out their condo on Airbnb have lost an appeal after being ordered to pay $17,000 in compensation. According to an Aug. 25 BC Supreme Court decision, Cristopher and Leonida Resurreccion bo

Entertainment News

Canadian comic Veronika Slowikowska joins the cast of "Saturday Night Live"

Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73

In ‘Marc, by Sofia,’ an intimate portrait of fashion luminary and friendship

Kathryn Bigelow unveils nuclear thriller ‘A House of Dynamite’ at Venice Film Festival

A Fonzie frenzy, a meltdown and a misprint: TIFF tales you won't believe

Halsey bids big and Colman Domingo hosts Venice amfAR gala

Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife

'Weapons' regains the top spot as the summer box office winds down

Jude Law debuts portrayal of Vladimir Putin in 'The Wizard of the Kremlin' at Venice Film Festival

Drones blasting AC/DC and Scarlett Johansson are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves

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